From the Unreal to the Real

The Sages of the Upanishads always prayed to God—“Lead us from the Unreal to the Real”. The teachings of Vedanta show the path which takes man to the Real from the Unreal. Vedanta is not mere intellectual speculation, but it is a way of life. It is the flower of all Indian thought, culminating in the realisation of the Supreme Truth which has no geographical nor any kind of limitations. Vedanta is for all. It is the Universal Philosophy of life which helps man to manifest his inherent divinity. It is a science of self-evolution and self-perfection.
Vedanta points out the Oneness of existence and it calls upon man to realise this Oneness in this very life. Vedanta exhorts man to have a very broad outlook, for it teaches that different paths of spiritual practices ultimately lead him to the same Truth which is called by different names by different religions.
When man realises this Supreme Truth he reaches the state of perfection. “All doubts vanish forever, all selfish knots of the heart are cut asunder and the endless chain of cause and effect fades and dies for him who attains the Highest”. This is the state of perfection about which Jesus Christ speaks in his Sermon on the Mount—“Be thou perfect even as thy Father in Heaven is perfect.”